Piano and organ box.



A. W. LANDON.

PIANO AND ORGAN BOX.

APPLICATION FILED my a, 1907.

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PIANO AND ORGAN BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

Application filed May 8, 1907. Serial No. 372,612.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR W. LANDON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Bradford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Piano and Organ Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to piano or organ boxes and consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts which will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

One object of my invention is to provide a box of the class above mentioned which can be set up and taken or knocked down by ordinary ersons quickly and correctly.

Another object of my invention is to rovide a box of the class mentioned which s all be strong and durable, capable of bearing and protecting the instruments under all cir cumstances, while being transported.

A further object of my invention is to pro vide a box of the class mentioned which will consist of specific parts, each of which is constructed and adapted to its particular place when the box is set up for shipment with an instrument therein, and in like manner, when knocked down and packed for reship'ment.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a box of the class described in which the parts shall be secured together in the box without nails or bolts which may mar the instrument being transported, but on the contrary, shall be fastened together by rods and fastening devices exterior to the inclosed space of the box.

I accomplish these objects with the structure shown in the drawings, described in this specification, and forming a part of this application, in which like letters refer to similar parts.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my piano or organ box, set up, and provided with tie rods and fastening devices, in place when ready for shipment with an instrument. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my box, when knocked down, packed in parts, and ready for shipment. Big. 3 is a view of the bottom of the box provided with bail pieces for securing with rods as shown in Fig. 10, the top and bottom of the box together. Fig. 4 represents the end pieces of the box provided with cross cleats for protecting the same in handling, also from the tie rods, and in packing. higs. 5 and 6 represent the back upper and lower parts of the box, provided with proper cleats. Fig. 7 represents the top, and r igs. 8 and 9, the upper and lower front arts of the box. I igs. 10, 11, 12 show the inding and connecting rods used in securing the box and its parts together.

Owing to the highfinish given to pianos and organs, care must be taken to provide a box for their shipment which shall be free from devices which will mar or injure any part of their surfaces. To this end I have provided a box which is absolutely smooth on the inside and free from all devices by which the exterior of the instrument could be marred, even in the case of ordinary accidents. To do this I place all of the securing devices on the outside of the box, as well as the cleats and means for protecting the same from injury by careless or rough handling.

Attempt has been made to provide a shipping box for pianos in which some of the parts are hinged together, but this course is objectionable because the necessary strength cannot in that way be secured because of the weight and rough handling such boxes rereceive. To overcome this objection I con struct my box in separate parts and without hinges, the edges of the parts being so finished that they will fit closely together when the tie rods and connecting rods are a plied on the outside of the boxes as shown in Big. 1.

In reshipping the boxes it has been found that the parts of the same can be more completely packed when they are free to be seected and placed together with corresponding arts of the box.

I ave so constructed my box that this can be and is done to great advantage. There being no strips or other loose parts in my box, except the tie and connecting rods, there is and can be no difficulty in placing the parts together or in taking them apart when they are to be packed and reshipped.

In the drawings A represents the bottom of the box, B the top, C and C the ends, D the lower front part, D the lower back art, E the upper front part, and E the upper ack part, F and F are the end tie rods,fandf the bail pieces, G and G the upper connecting rods, and H and H the lower connecting ro s.

In assembling the parts of my box I take the bottom A and having placed the piano or organ thereon, I referably place the ends C and C on the end of A, then place the lower front and back parts D and D in their places. I then put in and tighten the connecting rods H and H, then the upper parts E and E are put in place and connecting rods G and G are then put in and tightened up, and the box is then perfect in all its parts in place. B is also provided with a tie rod 1 to be used with the bail pieces f and f when the box is packed for shipment in its knockdown condition.

To assemble the arts of the box in knockdown form for reshipment as shown in Fig. 2,

. the parts are brought together in the same manner as when assembled for shipment of a piano, that is to say, the bottom A is first taken then the ends 0 and C, then the parts D and D, then E and E, and B is placed on top and the package bound together by the tie-rod I. The package is now ready for reshi ment.

do not limit myself in the size or shape of the parts described or shown in my application.

Having fully described my invention and the manner of using it, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A piano or organ box, com rising the cleats of the bottom, top and sic es receiving between them the end sections and the tie rods extending on the outside of the end sections between the top and the bail pieces to which they are pivotally united, the cross-rods connecting the upper and lower front and back parts, and short tie rods secured to the top, adapted to engage the bail pieces when the box parts are knocked down and packed, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR W. LANDON.

Witnesses:

EDNA A. TEAGUE, E. J. CLEVELAND. 

